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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-14

…rmines; 16° Authorisation to institute legal proceedings and to negotiate and conclude settlements; 17° Participation in public interest groupings or any other bodies, whatever their legal nature, as…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R713-18

…to send the votes corresponds to that shown on the summary statement referred to in Article R. 713-17. If a discrepancy is found, this is noted in the minutes initialled by each member of the committ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe X

…ntified as optional, responses are mandatory to enable your request to be processed. The Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms grants you the right to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-2

…pliance with the essential health and safety requirements defined in articles R. 5221-15 to R. 5221-17; 3° Operations other than transfer, import and export carried out by establishments receiving bio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 I

…ness property tax.In the event of a change of operator during an exemption period, the exemption is maintained for the remaining period and under the conditions laid down for the predecessor.The exemp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 ter D

…keep the data in this register for a period of ten years. Any such processing is subject to Act 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties. II. III.-The platform…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Financial provisions

Article L2531-14

…ference tax income;3° Ratio between the proportion of social housing, as defined in Article L. 2334-17, in the total number of dwellings in the municipality and the proportion of social housing in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Public health establishments in Mayotte

Article L6414-2

…16-2";6° In Article L. 6143-7, the words: ", partnership contracts pursuant toOrder No. 2004-559 of 17 June 2004 on partnership contracts" are deleted, the reference: "L. 6145-1" is replaced by the re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-3

…aximum outstanding cash loans; 16 The granting of sureties, guarantees and other personal sureties; 17° The creation of sureties on the assets of the public establishment; 18° The acceptance of donati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L814-10-2

…shable by the penalties incurred for the offence of usurpation of title provided for in Article 433-17 of the Penal Code. VII.-When imposing a disciplinary penalty for a breach of the provisions of Se…

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